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Word

I just finished and all I can say is “Word.”  Part II of House of Mirth quickly turned into a sort of misfortune porn as Wharton threw more and more travails Lily’s way.  Abandoned i… more →

Reading with my Twin

Martini — 1 comment

rvbdc wrote 1 week ago: Undoubtedly the most famous gin cocktail around, the martini has been doing the rounds at parties si … more →

Tags: Gin, Gin, Alcohol, Cocktails, Martini, Great Gatsby, Vermouth, Fitzgerald, Edith Wharton

Summer Must Reads — 2 comments

stylisticallysound wrote 1 week ago: This summer I have quite the reading list that I’m planning to get through. With being so busy … more →

Tags: Good Reads, polyvore, the girl with the dragon tattoo, The Great Gatsby, Cold Mountain, Books, Read, The Devil in the White City

Guest Pinner: If Lily Bart Pinned — 1 comment

alightsey wrote 3 weeks ago: House of Mirth “repins” via  During my senior year of my undergrad years, I studied Edit … more →

Tags: The Clutch, muses, Modern Views, Marriage, Femininity, Relationships, love and marriage, Beatrix Potter, Anne of Green Gables

Get it together-life lessons from Edith Wharton

The Straight and Uneven wrote 1 month ago: I just finished reading House of Mirth, Edith Wharton’s tale of a fallen girl’s descent … more →

Tags: Edith Wharton

Edith Wharton, "The House of Mirth"

katflei wrote 1 month ago: 1905 Wharton’s novel tells the story of the decline of Lily Bart, a well-bred New York woman c … more →

Tags: Novels, 20th century American, Touch, tact, The Ambassadors, Wharton, James, sense and sensibility

ElCicco #CBR5 Review #18: The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton

ellencicconi wrote 1 month ago: The House of Mirth is another selection from The Atlantic‘s list of books by and about women t … more →

Tags: 4 stars - a great book, Fiction, CBR#5, Society, #ElCicco, #CBRV, Cannonball Read 5, New York, Edith Wharton

Henry James, "The Ambassadors"

katflei wrote 1 month ago: 1901 The Ambassadors (originally serialized) describes the trip of one Lambert Strether, first to En … more →

Tags: Novels, 20th century American, 20th century British, 20b, Henry James, 20a, Novel, 1903, The Ambassadors

Reading List 2013

februaryson wrote 2 months ago: Cancer Ward – Alexander Solzhenitsyn (1968) (still writing review) A Tale of Two Cities – Charles Di … more →

Tags: Books to read, cancer ward, A Tale of Two Cities, David Foster Wallace, Reading, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Charles Dickens, Portrait of a Lady, Henry James

Rough Draft - An essay for a class on the concept of the "other" in selected works from American literature

seagullisland wrote 2 months ago: Essay Two: Consequences of Summoning the “Other” A consistent theme in the literature covered throug … more →

Tags: Essay, Thea Kronborg, Clare Kendry, Irene Redfield, song of the lark, Passing, Willa Cather, nella larsen, Edith Wharton

Read This: SUMMER by Edith Wharton — 2 comments

haleigh robbins wrote 2 months ago: This is almost too obvious – If you’re anxious for summer and want a read that takes you … more →

Tags: literary things, Literature, Edith Wharton, Glimpses of the Moon, Prohibition, Wind in the Willows, age of innocence, Wharton, Ethan Frome

Life is always ...

G.C.B. wrote 3 months ago: “Life is always a tightrope or a feather bed. Give me the tightrope.” Edith Wharton just … more →

Tags: Prose, Edith Wharton, beds, living dangerously

Laura Linney 2.5.13 Thought of the Day — 2 comments

ritalovestowrite wrote 4 months ago: Just because you’re not famous, doesn’t mean you’re not good. — Laura Linney … more →

Tags: Thought of the day, Today's Birthday, film, postaday, Abigail Adams, New York, Laura Linney, Truman Show, Hyde Park on Hudson

Two great classics: Great Expectations and The House of Mirth — 3 comments

TheBrontëSister wrote 4 months ago: It seems that I’ve missed a whole month!  Where did January go?  I’ve not posted since the end of De … more →

Tags: 19th Century, Writing #2, Classic, Charles Dickens, Classically Challenged, Great Expectations, Edith Wharton

Book Review: Gilded Age

Book Club Babe wrote 4 months ago: Image via SheKnows.com Rating: 3 out of 5 Well, 2013 is off to a slower start than I anticipated, gi … more →

Tags: Book, Book Review, Edith Wharton, claire mcmillan, Gilded Age

Edith Wharton - Style Icon — 1 comment

S.P.A. wrote 4 months ago: NAME: Edith Wharton OCCUPATION: Author BIRTH DATE: January 24, 1862 DEATH DATE: August 11, 1937 PLAC … more →

Tags: Jazz Age, New York, New York City, Lost generation, style icon, Not so secret obsessions, James Joyce, Writers, Edith Wharton

Happy Birthday Edith Wharton — 3 comments

Deborah DeLong wrote 4 months ago: Reprinted from The Writers’ Almanac It’s the birthday of Edith Wharton who said, “ … more →

Tags: Paris, New York City, Edith Wharton, age of innocence, Henry James, Ethan Frome, James Joyce

Book review #1: The House of Mirth, by Edith Wharton — 2 comments

Hina wrote 5 months ago: One of my New Year’s resolutions had been to read more books- specifically, (at least) one book a mo … more →

Tags: Book Reviews, new year, Edith Wharton, Gillian Anderson, Lily Bart, Books

The Idea

Kristin wrote 5 months ago: Sooo, I know I’m a little late to the New Year’s resolution bandwagon, given that it … more →

Tags: General Information, Plans, Antonio Méndez, Master of Disguise: My Secret Life in the CIA, Kathy Strouse, Badd Newz: The Untold Story of the Michael Vick Dogfigh, jeff ryan, 366 Days, 366 books

Best Book Boyfriends of 2012

Anakalian Whims wrote 5 months ago: I avidly read The Lit Bitch and a recent post included a top 12 book boyfriends list: http://thelitb … more →

Tags: The Whim, Romance, Books, Literature, Jay Gatsby, Cleo Coyle, Inhale, BoyFriends, how to buy a love of reading


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